Korean violist SoHui Yun is quickly becoming a sought after chamber musician and soloist, performing frequently across the United States, Asia, and Europe. Having been awarded first prize at the 2022 Washington International Competition, she also received the Special Prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and Grand Prize at the Sungjung Music Competition.

Recent season highlights include solo recitals in Washington DC, Chicago, and Seoul and a performance at Staller Center for the Arts, as a winner of the 2023 Stony Brook Concerto Competition. She has previously given solo recitals at Kumho Art Hall, TLI Art Center, Ilshin Hall, Elim Art Center and KNUA Hall in Korea, and has been a featured soloist with the Oakland Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra of Moldova Tele-Radio and the Guri Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sejong Soloists.

As a chamber musician, she has appeared alongside musicians such as Miriam Fried, Tabea Zimmermann, Marcy Rosen, and Steven Isserlis, and currently serves as Faculty Artist at Anchorage Music Festival. She has performed at international festivals such as the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Music@Menlo, Olympic Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Kronberg Academy, Perlman Music Program.

Born on Jeju island in South Korea, SoHui earned her bachelor’s degree from the Korea National University of Arts (KNUA), where she studied with SoonWha Oh and Hanna Lee and graduated with highest honors. She received her Master’s degree at the New England Conservatory with Dimitri Murrath and completed her postgraduate studies at Curtis Institute of Music with Roberto Diaz as well as an Artist Diploma in Chamber Music at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She is currently pursuing her doctorate degree at Stony Brook University with Lawrence Dutton and Matthew Lipman.

Sunmi Han, piano (Seoul, South Korea), has appeared as a soloist with the Nord Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kalvory Vary Symphony, the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sungnam Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, among others. She made her European debut in Munich, where she performed Chopin’s Piano Concerto no. 1 in Herkulessaal. She later recorded the same concerto in Italy with the Orchestra di Sinfonica de Roma under the direction of Francesco La Vecchia. In tandem with her solo endeavors, Sunmi has also distinguished herself as a collaborative pianist, making her debut with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra as a guest pianist for the European premiere of Christopher Rouse’s ‘Iscariot,’ conducted by Joshua Weilerstein. Under the guidance of Diane Anderson, Pascal Godart, and Dae Jin Kim, Sunmi earned her Bachelor’s Degree at The Juilliard School, where she studied with Martin Canin and Yoheved Kaplinsky. She continued her studies with Arie Vardi in Tel-Aviv, Israel, and later with Michael Schäfer at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in München, Germany. While pursuing her Master’s degree and Meisterklasse, she performed and collaborated with a multitude of esteemed musicians in Germany. Sunmi is currently pursuing a Doctoral of Musical Art degree under Gilbert Kalish at Stony Brook University, where she also serves as a Teaching Assistant.